A crew of workers has 3 interchangeable machines, of which 2 must be working for the crew

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A crew of workers has 3 interchangeable machines, of which 2 must be working for the crew to do its job. When in use, each machine will function for an exponentially distributed time having parameter λ before breaking down. The workers decide to initially use machines A and B and keep machine C in reserve to replace whichever of A or B breaks down first. They will then be able to continue working until one of the remaining machines breaks down. When the crew is forced to stop working because only one of the machines has not yet broken down, what is the probability that the still operable machine is machine C?

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